Support structure for display device and display device using same

Abstract

A support structure for supporting a display panel includes a support and a clamp. The support is rotatably coupled to the display panel. The clamp includes two clamping arms rotatably coupled to the support, a bolt and an adjusting nut. A slot is defined in each clamping arm. The bolt is extended through each slot and engaged with the adjusting nut. Therefore a distance between two distal ends of two clamping arms can be adjusted by screwing and unscrewing the adjusting nut along the bolt. A display device using the support structure is also provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display device comprising:
 a display panel, wherein the display panel is selected from the group consisting of a light emitting diode display panel, an organic light emitting diode display panel and a plasma display panel; and 
 a support structure comprising:
 a support rotatably coupled to the display panel; and 
 a clamp comprising two clamping arms, a bolt and an adjusting nut, each of the two clamping arms comprising an end rotatably connected to the support and an opposite end that comprises a clamping block, a slot being defined in each clamping arm, the bolt extending through each slot and engaged with the adjusting nut, such that a distance between two distal ends of the two clamping arms is adjustable by selectively screwing or unscrewing the adjusting nut along the bolt, allowing the clamping blocks of the two clamping arms to press against opposite sides of a plate-shaped object, thereby attaching the display panel to the plate-shaped object. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The display device as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a fixed portion at a rear thereof, the fixed portion including two connecting blocks spaced from each other, the support rotatably coupled to the two connecting blocks. 
     
     
       3. The display device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the support comprises a first connector, a supporting portion and a second connector, the first connector comprising a ball-shaped portion rotatably received in the receiving cavity at one end of the first connector, the supporting portion comprises a sleeve rotatably receiving another end of the first connector, a lateral arm and a connecting rod fixedly connecting the sleeve to the lateral arm, the second connector is rotatably coupled to the lateral arm and to the two clamping arms. 
     
     
       4. The display device as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the second connector comprises an elongated body approximately parallel to the lateral arm, and two connecting arms extending in a same direction from two opposite ends of the elongated body, each connecting arm comprising a ring portion rotatably coupled to one of two opposite ends of the lateral arm, two first engaging blocks extending from the two opposite ends of the elongated body in a direction opposite to that of the connecting arms, each clamping arm comprising a second engaging block at one end thereof for engaging with a corresponding first engaging block. 
     
     
       5. The display device as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each clamping arm further comprises a clamping block at an opposite end thereof 
     
     
       6. The display device as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the clamping block is plane-shaped.